You are your own stories.
TONI MORRISONIf you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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